Vacation videos

Hey, kids. How you been? Summer is almost over, but the Lorenz family (along with my parents, Kelly's dad, and our good friend, Nancy) sure did have some fun. Last month we traveled to the Finger Lakes in upstate NY for a week of good local wine, swimmin', and nightly bonfires by the lake. Life is rough. Here are a few videos from that week I have been meaning to post for quite some time.

First, we have Brooklyn and bubbles!



One day during our trip, Kelly and I drove by this awesome looking old-school burger joint called Mac's Drive-In and we had to come back with everyone. They had the best local root beer in ice cold, dripping mugs, homemade custard, and all kinds of greasy food to top it off. It was bodacious. The six of us ate as much as possible and the bill came to $26! INSANITY!!! Anyway, here's B enjoying some yummy custard for the first time.



Last, but DEFINITELY not least, we visited a vineyard that had a beautiful pond with plenty of tranquil-looking swans and fishes. Little did we know that the Prince of Hades resided in one of the swans that day. I wanted to put death metal to this next clip with some scary font saying "WHEN SWANS ATTACK!" but you would've never seen this video of I waited to actually get fancy with it. So here it is...in it's raw form. Brooklyn will have her vengeance one day. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

BROOKLYN v. BIRDIES

The big news around the Lorenz household is that little miss B is walking up a storm! It's only been two weeks, but her step speed (or SPMs - steps per minute) have progressed from timid to breakneck speed. A couple days ago, Kelly had an engagement shoot in the Fort Point Channel area of Boston, so I decided to take Brooklyn for a little stroll along the boardwalk. It was amazing to watch her explore her environment in new ways now that she's walking like a big girl. I don't think the poor local pigeonry agreed (see below for reasoning):

walking and shopping

we were getting ready to go to the beach, when brooklyn decided to do a little shopping... also, yesterday was the day b decided to begin walking more than crawling! she is still a little weary, but we predict in the next few days or so, she will be a walker!

fun in the sun

these photos are now a few months old, but it's wedding season, so i'm behind on my posts!

summer fun

glimpses of a bigger B

Happy summer, everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts this month, but we've been busy doing summery type things* and whatnot.

Here's the latest Brooklyn update:

1. The wee one is not so wee anymore - she's growing like crazy!
2. B has been walking (rather than crawling) more and more each day.
   
3. Her vocabulary primarily consists of "DOGGIE", "DUCK", "MINE", "MAMA", and "BALL". Are there really any other essential words to know? I mean, come on.
4. On a similar note, she understands SO much more when we speak with her. It's crazy to see her respond when you ask her something.
   
5. B's dancing skills have improved tremendously. Her repertoire has expanded from flailing limbs to a more refined sense of movement that stems from feelin' it in the gut!
   
6. Brooklyn remains a sweet soul, waving and blowing kisses to all (human and duck alike).

Lastly, I have started to capture glimpses of what Brooklyn will look like when she's older. The photo taken below was the first time I felt shocked by how quickly my daughter has turned from a baby into a little girl. Sure, everyone tells you "don't blink because if you do they'll be in college before you know it," but this never had a felt sense to me until the other day when I looked at this picture of my growing girl. It's cliche but it really does happen so fast! I am excited for the next stage of Brooklyn's development and exploration, but PLEEEEASE can it slow down just a little? Pretty please?



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* Summery things include (but are not limited to): lemonade, watermelon, beaches, sweating profusely, grilling mahi mahi for fish taco night, and copious amounts of ice cream.

jam session 2010!

Brooklyn feels the beat. I absolutely love this video of her.

afternoon jam session from Sean Lorenz on Vimeo.